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Random Animal Facts to Explore and Have Fun With

It’s hard to say what it is about animals that makes them lovable. Is it their cute looks or just the way they make us react to them? In any case, there are several facts about animals that we’ll be happy to know and enjoy. And you’ll love the surprise of learning that the emotional connections we share with them are real, with scientific evidence to prove it.

When humans connect to animals, a part of their brain called amygdala is at work. The amygdala is in charge of our emotions, emotional learning and memory formation, and scientists are convinced that our appreciation for animals is rooted in an ancient need to asses whether these animals are our friends or foes. More interestingly, animals are believed to react to us in the same manner.

Below are some of the most fun and exciting things you’ll learn about animals:

Squirrels often forget where they keep their acorns, so they end up planting thousands of trees yearly.

Killing a panda is punishable by death in China.

In Sweden, there is a rabbit-jumping competition called Kaninhoppning.

Pig orgasms last half an hour.

Dolphins give pet names to each other.

Rats actually laugh when they are tickled.

Oysters switch genders, depending on mating requirements.

Elephants, not shrews, are the closest relatives of elephant shrews.

Puffins mate all their lives. Their homes are built on the side of a cliff, with space dedicated to their toilet.

Research shows cows make more milk while listening to relaxing music. REM’s “Everybody Hurts” makes them produce the greatest amount of milk.

Under a certain program, prison inmates are made to raise and train seeing-eye dogs. A lot of the inmates reported feeling like they were making amends for their crimes as they worked with the puppies.

Seahorses travel holding each other’s tails.

Chicks communicate with one another and with their mother before hatching, and they do it through a system of sounds.

Like our own fingerprints, the nose prints of dogs are unique and may be used for identification purposes.

Crows are an intelligent specie that can also be naughty – they play pranks on each other.

Not only humans have accents – even goats do!

Turritopsis nutricula, or the immortal jellyfish is the only known specie that lives forever.

The humming of houseflies is always in the key of F.

Male ostriches can roar as fiercely as lions.

Like human fingerprints and dog nose prints, the stripes of a tiger’s skin are also unique and can be used for identification.